Could the aircraft selection grid be altered to save/retain the last used variant and livery for every aircraft in the grid?
For one, some of the liveries that the aircraft default to are not to my liking and I’d rather scroll through the list seeing them looking as I’d like.
In the case of the variant, some variants I’d use more than others. The C152, for example. I’d prefer the standard C152 over the Aerobat. I’d like the grid to remember that I last used the standard and have that be the default next time I choose that aircraft from the grid.
As it stands now, if I quit the sim and relaunch it, all the aircraft/livery combos I used in the last session have reverted to whatever aircraft/livery is the default for the category.
Agreed. Out of the entire sim, the aircraft selection UI is terribly designed and not at all easy to use. I am amazed the consistency of MSFS2020 wasn’t carried across right as I’d gotten used to it…
2020 still has a much easier to navigate UI because 2024 removed engine type filters for normal aircraft like Prop, Turboprop, Glider, Jet, Airliner, etc. and are now all grouped into one tab aside Helicopters. Selecting liveries without having to wait for lag and latency because they are streaming and rendering an aircraft from the cloud rather than storing the aircraft and liveries locally is also a pretty terrible decision to “save space” when their servers are bogged down. Also every single aircraft livery aside from their defaults have been bugged for me showing up as completely blacked out no matter which one I choose
Also put in a controls header aircraft configuration or preferably in the variation for control settings for that variation settable there. This would be better than trying to associate in the controls options panel. Also aircraft ID info should be configurable for each variation.
I like that the hanger is kind of all in one place now. But interior and freelock views are also needed.
Addition to livery, not sure if you are able to, but at least I am not able to retain the registration information (Cessna) set during Configuration. If there is any permanent place for the same, please someone let know. Don’t want to keep on adding it every time.
Instead of a row of liveries to choose from (which, let’s face it, would be very long for a number of people), make it a grid style. Furthermore, maybe add the option to show/hide liveries?
Also, I’ve been trying to figure out how to convert my existing liveries to 2024 for paid addon planes and many show up as a different variant instead of being placed appropriately in the livery category. I thought it was a line or two in the aircraft.cfg file (ui_createdby, among others), but so far it’s a no go. What is it that would put my livery addons in the same variant as the default?
